"ENOUGH WITH THE WAITING—LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!"
The announcer declared that.
And as soon as he did—
"IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME YOU PAY!!!"
BAM!
Barnus shouted that and kicked off the ground, rushing at me.
He's topless and not wearing any kind of armor, just a leather short.
He looks stupid, not gonna lie.
"YEAAHHH!!!"
"GO WILD, BARNUS!!"
"GOOD LUCK, KID! I HOPE YOU GET LUCKY AGAIN!!"
The crowd became really excited seeing Barnus run toward me.
And me—
Fwip—
"..."
I calmly fixed my stance and just watched him approach.
I concentrated and ignored the noise around me. My eyes locked on my opponent. I set aside the annoyance I was feeling for him for now.
"HAAAAAA—!!"
Barnus was approaching me with both his arms raised, his mace ready to be brought down to deliver a heavy blow.
'He's rather fast for his size.'
I thought, seeing the distance between us quickly shrink.
And soon enough...
TAP—
Barnus was in front of me, looking down at me with a disgusting grin.
"DIEEEEE—!!"
SWOOSH—!
He swung his mace downward, targeting my head.
And responding to that—
"..."
Fwish—
I immediately raised the buckler on my left forearm above my head and braced for impact.
BAM—!
Barnus' mace made contact with my buckler!
"Ugh...!"
I immediately felt the heaviness of his attack through my arm. But learning from my fight with Umar—
Fwip—
I quickly tilted the buckler to the left. And in doing so...
FWOOSH—!!
BOOM!!
I redirected Barnus' attack, making his mace slide through the surface of my small shield and slam onto the ground!
"...?!"
Barnus' eyes widened when I did that. And not missing such opportunity—
'Caught you off guard...!'
Phuck-
I thrust forward my short sword and stabbed his bare-skinned stomach!
Though...
"?!!"
My attack didn't go deep, his skin was oddly tough!
"That stings."
I heard Barnus mumble. Then I saw him smiling slyly while looking down at me!
And in the next moment—
TWHACK!
"Keuk...!"
He sent a devastating front kick to my stomach!
Luckily, I was able to retract my right arm fast and used it to block the hit.
Bam—
I jumped backward too upon impact to lessen the force I would receive.
But still—
'That hurts like hell!'
I frowned as I felt the bone in my right arm tingle in pain.
Tap-
I landed softly on the ground.
But before I could even fix my balance—
"WATCH YOUR RIGHT SIDE!!!"
FWOOSH—
Barnus got near me immediately and launched a horizontal swing with his mace, now aiming at my right arm!
'Fuck...!'
Fwish—
I immediately moved my left arm to block with my buckler.
Then—
BAM-!!
Barnus' mace slammed into my shield again!
"URGH!"
Crack-
I groaned as I felt the bone in my left forearm crack!
I also felt pain in my right shoulder!
And because my balance was broken when I was hit—
THUD!
I was sent flying a couple of meters away because of the force and fell onto the ground!
Fwoosh~
"Fuck..."
I immediately rolled over to absorb the fall and stood up, frowning.
And just then—
"AND THERE IT IS—BARNUS' TOUGH FAT!!!"
The announcer exclaimed that with excitement.
"SWORD SLASHES AND THRUSTS BARELY DO ANY DAMAGE TO HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SPECIAL BODY CONSTITUTION THAT TOUGHENS UP HIS FATS. IT'S A GIFT THAT LET HIM WIN ALL OF HIS FIGHTS UNTIL NOW!!!"
He added, explaining.
And hearing that—
'So that's what happened.'
I came to know why my stab earlier didn't go deep into Barnus' body.
'So this pig is keeping himself fat for a reason, huh.'
I thought, observing Barnus.
And seeing me looking at him—
"Normal swords are useless against me. What even is that short sword of yours?"
Barnus smugly asked me that, an annoying smirk on his face.
And after him—
"YOU FUCKED UP, KID!!"
"WRONG WEAPON TO USE AGAINST THAT OPPONENT!!"
"YOUR LUCK IMMEDIATELY RAN OUT, WHAT BULLSHIT!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA—!!"
The crowd started dissing me again. They're so noisy it's making me wince even deeper.
Then...
"WHY DON'T YOU JUST USE THAT WEIRD SPEAR ON YOUR BACK?!!"
Someone from the spectators exclaimed that so loud it echoed throughout the arena.
And because of that—
"Hmm?"
Barnus and everyone else looked behind me—and after seeing the javelin...
"PWAHAHAHAHAHAHA—!!!"
"HAHAHAHA!!"
Barnus and the audience started laughing.
"KAHAHAHAHAHA—!!"
Even the announcer.
"What's with that cute spear? You trying to hunt a bunny?"
Barnus asked provokingly.
"..."
I just stared at him, not saying anything.
Then opening my mouth later—
"No, I'm using it to kill a boar."
I shot back to him casually, a straight face on my face.
"..."
Barnus stopped laughing and got silent when he heard that.
"KAHAHAHAHAHA—!!!"
"NICE ONE, KID!!"
"YOU'RE FUNNY!!!"
The crowd laughed louder after that.
And hearing their laughs—
"..."
Barnus just got angrier, his face turning red.
And glaring at me with an annoyed expression on his face and veins bulging out—
"LET ME SEE YOU TRY THEN!!!"
BAM!
He kicked off the ground again and dashed toward me!
He reached me in an instant because there's not much distance between us!
"BITCH—!"
WHOOSH—!
Barnus swung his mace heavily again horizontally, still aiming at my right shoulder!
But this time—
"..."
I'm looking straight at Barnus' mace. I was ready.
Fwoosh—
I crouched and ducked down!
SWISH—!!
I felt the mace go past above my head, barely missing me!
"?!!"
I saw Barnus frown when I dodged his attack. His body was wide open now.
But Barnus...
"...!"
He's just thinking of attacking again. He's not scared that I can attack him.
After all—
'He's really confident in his fat body, huh.'
I thought to myself.
But too bad for him.
'I already know its weaknesses.'
I actually already discovered it long before... back when I beat the shit out of Barnus in the bath area.
His weaknesses—
'Blunt attacks and attacks to the head still hurt him!'
So if I can't cut him, then I'll just smash him!
And with that in mind, as Barnus was preparing to release another attack—
"EAT SHIT, PIG!"
BAM!
I extended my left hand forward and smashed the metal-coated edge of my buckler into Barnus' nose!
"GARGH?!!"
His head snapped back from the hit, his face cringed in pain and shock!
Blood splurted out of his nose!
And before he could even recover from all that—
BAM!
I smashed him again in the nose with my buckler!
"GAAAHHH?!!"
Barnus exclaimed loudly.
But ignoring that...
BAM!
I just smashed the buckler into his nose again!
"GAHHH—!!!"
THUD!
Barnus fell on his back with that. And with him now being on the ground—
I was about to ride him and start beating him again and again.
But just as I got near him—
TWHACK!
"KEUK—?!"
I felt a sharp pain in my stomach!
Barnus blindly kicked out his right foot and hit me!
Thud-
I fell on one knee because of that.
And in that moment—
"FUCK!!!"
FWOOSH—!
Barnus stood up and backed away to fix himself!
Fwish—
I got up too and fixed my stance.
"Fucking bastard...!"
Barnus shouted in frustration as he held his face. His vision was probably blurry at the moment and seeing two of me because of what I did.
And so with that—
"Just you wait, bitch!"
BAM!
Barnus turned around and started running away like a fucking idiot!
"Huh?!"
I immediately realized what he was doing.
He was buying time until his head and vision got better!
But seeing his large back against me—
"Haha, what a huge target."
I muttered that with a smile on my face.
Bam!
Then I started running after him!
My legs are shorter than his, I can't catch up to him.
There are about five meters between us.
And that—
'That's enough.'
I declared in my head.
Then—
Fwoosh-
I let go of my short sword.
And with my now empty right hand—
Fwip-
I grabbed the javelin strapped on my back!
And while holding it firmly—
TAP!
I heavily planted my left foot in front of me!
Fwish—
I twisted my whole body to the left!
"..."
Then with my eyes locked on the running pig...
'EAT THIS...!'
FWOOSH—!
I threw the javelin forward as hard as I could!
WHOOSH—!
It sliced through the air at terrifying speed!
And the next thing that everyone knew...
PHUCK—!
"KEUK?!!"
It stabbed through Barnus' nape and came out of his throat.
And after that—
THUD!
His fat body fell heavily onto the ground with a loud sound.